Sparring Partners - John Grisham

Sparring Partners

By John Grisham

  • Release Date: 2022-05-31
  • Genre: Short Stories
Score: 3.5
3.5
From 2,869 Ratings

Description

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Grisham is the acknowledged master of the legal thriller. In his first collection of novellas, law is a common thread, but America’s favorite storyteller has several surprises in store.
 
“Homecoming” takes us back to Ford County, the fictional setting of many of John Grisham’s unforgettable stories. Jake Brigance is back, but he’s not in the courtroom. He’s called upon to help an old friend, Mack Stafford, a former lawyer in Clanton, who three years earlier became a local legend when he stole money from his clients, divorced his wife, filed for bankruptcy, and left his family in the middle of the night, never to be heard from again—until now. Now Mack is back, and he’s leaning on his old pals, Jake and Harry Rex, to help him return. His homecoming does not go as planned.

In “Strawberry Moon,” we meet Cody Wallace, a young death row inmate only three hours away from execution. His lawyers can’t save him, the courts slam the door, and the governor says no to a last-minute request for clemency. As the clock winds down, Cody has one final request. 

The “Sparring Partners” are the Malloy brothers, Kirk and Rusty, two successful young lawyers who inherited a once prosperous firm when its founder, their father, was sent to prison. Kirk and Rusty loathe each other, and speak to each other only when necessary. As the firm disintegrates, the resulting fiasco falls into the lap of Diantha Bradshaw, the only person the partners trust. Can she save the Malloys, or does she take a stand for the first time in her career and try to save herself?

By turns suspenseful, hilarious, powerful, and moving, these are three of the greatest stories John Grisham has ever told.

Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!

Reviews

  • Below average Grisham

    2
    By ChuckCS
    While Mr. Grisham must have had something in mind based on the title, it didn’t work for me. Since he’s a literary giant, his editor and publisher went along with it, despite better judgement. Even hard core Grisham fans will be puzzled by this one.
  • Confusing

    1
    By Madiluc
    I did not like the format of this book! At the end of each story I thought it would be continued somewhere else. It was not your left with more questions than answer, felt very unfinished. definitely not worth the read
  • ???

    1
    By Mint Review Guy
    Not sure what this was.
  • Did I miss something?

    3
    By switchingtoamazon
    These stories felt incomplete to me.
  • Pretty good

    4
    By Cochlearius
    Grisham is a great, impressive storyteller. Sparring Partners did not seem fully baked, however.
  • Good read

    3
    By SodaMichael
    Three separate stories. Perfect for reading during a flight or vacation. I originally thought that they would all come together in the third chapter (ie Rouge Lawyer) but was naught. A good read even though.
  • Threefer

    5
    By General57
    Very well done three short stories. A nice follow up to a character introduced in a previous book. An interesting look at death row. Lastly a story of greed and family disfunction at a high level. I felt as if I knew the characters. I laughed aloud while reading about one of the characters using a snake to murder his wife. That is a true skill to make the reader laugh about a character doing a heinous act.
  • Great Book

    5
    By Xris C.
    3 great stories and I wanted more of it. The thing I liked the most is the people, although breaking the law, got away.
  • Not what I expected

    2
    By Lissette-Lala
    Not what I expected, a bit confused come to think of it? Three stories with no correlation to each other. Title is not appropriate being there are three different stories. Good writing but disappointed.
  • Big Disappointment

    1
    By runnerd2
    This is not the John Grisham I’m used too.